August Berce ( Latvian. Augusts Bērce , pseudonym - Arays ( Latvian. Arājs ), 1890 - June 11, 1921 ) - Latvian revolutionary , book printer , writer , poet , translator , member of the Central Committee of the LCP (b), social security commissioner of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic .
| August Bertze | |
|---|---|
| Augusts Bērce | |
| Aliases | Arays |
| Date of Birth | 1890 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | June 11, 1921 |
| Place of death | Riga |
| Citizenship |  Latvia |
| Occupation | |
| The consignment | Communist Party of Latvia |
Biography
Born in a farm laborer's family. He joined the revolutionary movement in 1905 in Jelgava . In the party, he served as secretary and cashier. He wrote literary works in prison or at night, while underground, he translated Upton Sinclair's novel Jimmy Higgins. In 1919 - Commissioner of Social Security of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic . After her fall in 1921, he was arrested , sentenced to death by a Latvian court, and shot in Riga.
Literature
- Riga: Encyclopedia = Enciklopēdija "Riga" / Ch. ed. P.P. Eran. - 1st ed .. - Riga: Main Edition of Encyclopedias, 1989. - P. 188. - 880 p. - 60,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89960-002-0 .
Links
- Janis Kipers. Eternal memory to the fallen heroes!
- Kadike I. In memory of the fighters of the revolution